General information
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Hosting OrganisationCIEMAT - Department of Technology, Accelerators and Electric Drives
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AddressAvenida Complutense, 40. 28040 Madrid. Spain
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Contact Info:
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Phone
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Emailcontacto@ciemat.es
Description
CIEMAT is a public research center focused on energy, environment, technology and specific areas of fundamental research. It is aimed at developing activity on research and development in collaboration of public and private institutions and innovation within collaborative projects and contracts with industry.
Summary of Research Services
- Research in particle accelerators participating in collaborative projects in medical accelerators and also in international collaborations in high energy physics accelerators and colliders.
- State of the art superconducting magnets for high energy physics facilities and their social applications. This includes high field magnets and high critical temperature magnets
- Advanced energy storage systems including superconducting magnetic, kinetic, supercapacitor and battery based devices with the corresponding power converters and control systems
- Advanced electromagnetic devices for energy generation and transportation
Technology Capabilities
- Calculation & simulation of particle accelerators for medical uses and other societal applications
- Design, fabrication and testing of accelerator components including magnets, beam position monitors, RF cavities, control systems, etc.
- Design, fabrication and testing of superconducting magnets for particle accelerators or any other application in sectors like energy & transportation
- Applications of energy storage in electric power systems, including hybrid energy storage systems for isolated of grid-connected applications
- Development and dimensioning of energy storage systems, including the storage device, the power converters and the control system
- Design and fabrication of electromagnetic devices and the associated power converters and control systems for high-speed ground transportation
Main equipment or Facilities
- The SMART Laboratory for developing superconducting magnet prototypes, including winding, reacting, collaring and assembling facilities.
- Facility for testing immersion-cooled small superconducting magnets
- Facility for testing conduction-cooled superconducting magnets
- Facility for testing ion sources for particle accelerators
- Facility for the characterization of RF Cavities
- Facility for testing kinetic energy storage systems
- Facility for testing big linear generators and power converters